Australian Christmas tree

(photo by Layn Simpson of Gympie)

@ElleGray That's not real. You can't convince me that's real.
@ColesStreetPothole @ElleGray The secret is birdseed and superglue.

@ColesStreetPothole @ElleGray they're rainbow lorikeets. Very common, seen in most cities (not even tropical).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_lorikeet

Rainbow lorikeet - Wikipedia

Yeah, sorry for being that guy, but with so many deepfakes produced every minute, I need to check whether this picture was AI-prompted or actually taken for realsies